Contending Modernities: Catholic, Muslim, Secular
Contending Modernities is a multi-year, interdisciplinary research, education, and peacebuilding initiative based at the Kroc Institute that involves secular and religious institutions and individuals from around the world. The project seeks to generate new knowledge and greater understanding of the ways in which religious and secular forces interact in the modern world.

This year the CSSR will continue its new tradition to screen academic documentary films and video projects of no longer than 2 hours at Congress. If you have a project you would like to submit for consideration, please email Alison Marshall program co-chair (marshalla@brandonu.ca) with a 150 word abstract and short video clip. The selected film will be screened on the evening of June 1, 2013. The deadline for program submissions this year is January 11th.

We are engaged in an academic research project entitled: Religion, Gender and Sexuality among Youth in Canada. Part of the project is a survey that seeks to collect information about the attitudes and practices of young adults (aged 18 to 25) living in Canada, regarding their religious and sexual/gender identities.

We are very pleased to announce that our web-based survey on Religion, Gender and Sexuality among Youth in Canada is now live in both English and French.

I am trying to develop a modest project on Muslims and the Internet in Canada and in Quebec.

At this initial stage, I am trying to find out the names of scholars – affiliated with Canadian universities – who have worked, or are presently working on Muslims and the Internet, e.g., women, youth, or religious authority, in Canada or Quebec

I would be most grateful for your kind assistance with any suggestion of names of scholars.

The Institute of Philosophy at KU Leuven is advertising a tenured position in Metaphysics and Philosophy of Religion. The rank is open. The Institute is looking for candidates with a record of excellent publications and teaching ability, as well as the continued promise of innovative philosophical research. Teaching and research at the Institute of Philosophy covers the history of metaphysics and philosophy of religion as well as contemporary developments (with a non-exclusive emphasis on continental developments). The deadline for applications is September 27, 2012.

On behalf of your executive, I am writing to remind you to submit your travel claim for Congress as soon as possible. The 2012 Claim Form has all the information you need, including the address of Richard Mann, your Treasurer, to whom the form and receipts must be sent. To download the travel subsidy form as a PDF file, please go to the "Resources" menu on the left, and click on the "Funding" link.

Graduate Essay Winners
1st Prize $700.00
"The Presentation of the Charismatic Self in Everyday Life: Reflections on a Canadian New Religious Movement"
Paul Joosse, PhD candidate, Department of Sociology, University of Alberta

Graduate Essay Winners
1st Prize $700.00
"The Presentation of the Charismatic Self in Everyday Life: Reflections on a Canadian New Religious Movement"
Paul Joosse, PhD candidate, Department of Sociology, University of Alberta